Inflation -- it's a word you hear frequently, but do you really understand what it means? The main effects of inflation are better interest rates for savings accounts and higher costs of living, ...

Taxes and insurance costs are rising rapidly, leaving homeowners with escrow account shortages. That means they're on the hook for bigger monthly payments.

Spending on home renovations has remained resilient as elevated mortgage rates and skyrocketing home prices have frozen out many would-be buyers. That’s kept U.S. home sales in a slump, limiting the ...

If you're a homeowner with a mortgage, chances are you've been keeping a close eye on your monthly payments over the past few ...

COLA increase might be just 2.4%—the lowest in years. Here’s how shrinking Social Security raises housing risks for retirees.

Fannie and Freddie were once private companies. As the subprime bubble inflated in the early 2000s, they lowered their ...

The Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) weekly application survey has been doing a good job of tracking with the more ...

Sales of new US single-family homes unexpectedly increased in April as builders lowered prices to lure buyers, but rising mortgage rates and an uncertain economic outlook remain constraints for the ...

Mortgage rates for 30-year loans are now at their most expensive level since early May of last year. Most other new purchase ...

Sales of new U.S. single-family homes surged to more than a three-year high in April as builders lowered prices to attract ...

Nearly two-thirds of homebuyers believe a recession is coming, though some hope it will improve conditions for buying a house ...

U.S. homeowners are boosting spending on home renovation projects, bucking a broader pullback by consumers amid diminished ...